Introduction: The Department of Health increasingly questions which treatments the NHS should provide.
Third molar surgery, the commonest OMFS operation, is under such scrutiny. In order
to determine clinical need, patient symptoms and treatment outcomes must be collected.
However, data collection is onerous for the busy surgeon so this study evaluated the
co-operation of patients with self-completion of their data in the waiting room; the
time taken by the surgeon in evaluating NICE compliance; and ease and patient compliance
with follow-up.
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